Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 803, 25 October 1929, Page 13

Last Look Round —

Gaming-house Keeper Fined £7O. On a charge of using his premises in Dunedin as a common gaming house. John Alurdoch was today fined £ 70. —P.A. Late Frost in Canterbury A la to frost of more than ten degrees in North Canterbury during last t night destroyed many tomato and potato crops and peaches.—P.A. Native Pillager Sentenced At the Timaru Supreme Court tod. iv. Thomas Samuel Spencer, a native of Trinidad, appeared for sentence on a charge of pillaging from tutak He vaa sentei 12 month’s reformative treatment with a recommendation that lie should be released lor deportation.—P.A. Hall Burned Down Tho Waipiro Bay Hull, near Gisborne. a wood and iron structure, owned l»y M. Kershaw, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The hall had been used for motion pictures on the previous evening and the cause of the outbreak is a mystery. The building was insured in the Sun Office for £BBS. and the contents in the South British for £275. Waikato Show President. Air. J. R. Fow, Mayor of Hamilton, was unanimously elected president of tho AVaikato A Vinter Show* Association at the annual meeting today. Mr. \Y. J. McKee, a veteran worker for the show, was elected a life member. Tasmanian Tourists. The Tasmanian touring farmers arrived at l»almer«ton North last evening. This morning they toured the district visiting farms and the Glonoroua. Alt. Stewart, ltongotea ami Awahuri dairy factories, and the Agricultural and Pastoral Show - grounds. The:/ were much impressed by the country and they expressed the view that it was the best yet seen in the Dominion.—P.A.